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History from lh files of The
Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years aoe.
10 YEARS AGO
. Oct. 26, I960 (Tueday)
For the first time In his
tory, Democrats will go Into
a general election In Oregon
with a heavier registration
than Republicans, 378,357 to
361,158.
The Air Force has no plans
at this time to make use of
Camp White, the city was sa
vised today by Sen. Wayne
Morse. i. .:
20 YEARS AGO
' Oct. 26. 1940 (Saturday)
A short course in safe driv
ing, especially designed for
experienced drivers who
would like to change bad hab
its, -will, be given Tuesday.
night at the fairgrounds. .,
, From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "It Is
predicted candidates for coun
ty offices will break their si
lence soon. There isn't much
silence left to break."
. ' ' ? i , i .
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26, 1930 (Sunday) "
The political campaign for
city offices has reached the
affidavit stage and wild
rhnrttes flv.
An Ashland girl, lost all
nieht in the Sisklyous, was
found today cold but safe.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26, 1920 (Tuesday)
Jackson county is schedul
ed to receive money from the
federal government this year
for the sale of county timber.
The Ashland-Klamath Falls
stage has resumed operations
after being temporarily held
up by bad weather ana mua
dy roads.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26, 1910 (Wednesday)
' ' Two bridge supports on the
uncompleted Central Point
bridge over Bear crceK col
lapsed under their own weight
yesterday, and It appears that
people will be fording Bear
creek for a long time to come
. Delegates from every labor
. u n 1 o n In the city met last
night and formed a central
labor council for this pity.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine or tan comet la superior:
even oi eight Is oncellanti Hve oi
tin It good.
1. What artist decorated the
' Slstlne chapel In the Vatican
In Rome?
2. What vote of Congress fs
necessary for p r o p o si n g
amendments to the Constitu
tion? , . .
3. What three principal
metals are contained in
"stainless steel"?
4. Name the cupitnl of Cali
fornia. ;
' 5. What was Buffalo Bill's
last name?
'. 8. From what element are
diamonds composed?
7. Name the artist who
painted the famous picture
"Blue Boy."
' 8. How many .centimeters
make up one meter?
9. Name two kinds of Amer
ican sea-fish which ascend riv
ers to spawn.
10. What is the lightest
known metal?
Answers: 1. Michelangelo.
2. Two-thirds of both houses.
3. Iron, nickel, chromium. 4.
Soramnio. 5. Cody (William
F.). 6. Carbon. 7. Thomas
Gainsborough. 8. On hun
dred. 9. Salmon, shad, herring
and soma eels. 10. Lithium.
Weary and Outraged
We are weary and outraged : ' ' .' ,- i
Weaiy of the increasing number repe
titious, wnining, ieanui ana suspicious anii-uatn-olic
letters and pamphlets which come our way,
some of them signed, many of them anonymous.
Outraged at the sanctimonious people who
piously disclaim bigotry, and then proceed to
impugn the loyalty, honor, integrity and patriot
ism of 40 million of their fellow Americans. ,
VES we know that in some Latin American
countries, including Puerto Rico, the Cath
olic church has attempted to suppress freedom
of worship and influence political decisions.
Yes we know that some Popes have made
declarations about church' and state which do
not jibe with our ideals of religious freedom.
Yes we know that the Church of Rome has,
in the dim past, been guilty of cruelty, oppression,
coercion, and even worse.
Yes we know that there are some doctrines
of the church which, IF carried from the realm
of faith and .morals into the area of civil affairs,
would violate some of
DUT, IN the world of
JJ 20th Century, these
non sequiteurs. ' :
To broadcast them, repeatedly, is to confuse
the vastly important issues of today issues of
survival, no less.
It is to deny the virility and vitality of Amer
ican freedom.
It is to cast vague
American system itself.
It is, in the truest sense of the word, unAmer-
lean. '- ;
IT IS TO deny the Declaration of Independence,
which declares all men to be created equal
ALL men; not all men
or Negroes, or Baptists, or Episcopalians.
It is to negate the Constitution' of the United
States of America, which prohibits a religious
test for public office, .which forbids the passage
of any law respecting religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof, which guarantees the equal
protection or tne laws irrespective of race, re
ligion or previous condition of servitude. : I
It is to desecrate the
all colors, all faiths, who
the American ideals ot
IT, IS TO dishonor the men of both political
parties who. seek to' serve their fellows in the
olitical-arena men like Howell Appling Jr.,
en. Hall Lusk, Gov. Edmund Brown, Judge Ed
ward, Kelly, whose patriotism and sincerity are
unchallengeable, whether or not one agrees with
them politically. " ' : '
To say that an American Catholic owes alle
giance in any manner outside of faith and morals
to the Vatican is as absurd as to say that an Epis
copalian, a member of the
owes allegiance to QJueen Elizabeth ll, the head
of the Angelican church.
These charges, these allegations, these whis
pered, sneering denials of faith and liberty, do
not belong in America today.
rious disclaimers notwithstanding, tney are
bigotry. And they should make every patriotic
Amerjcan heartsicK. e.a. .
Moratorium
Most newspapers do
editor on religious topics.
is too personal a matter, too much a matter of
individual conviction, to warrant public discus
sion, and that few are convinced and little ac
complished anyway. . , , .
The Mail Tribune, .over the past' year, has
been an exception, and we have printed many
letters on religious topics, as long as they were
moderate and in acceptable taste, believing that
religion is a matter of lively public interest.
We shall continue to do so after Nov. 8,
Between now and Nov. 8 we are declaring
a moratorium on religious topics, since many dif
ferent points of view have already been repre
sented, and because or the increasingly nuiam
matory nature of some of them. E.A.
A Good Measure
Ballot Measure No.
tion ballot would permit the continuation of the
state's veterans' farm and home loan program.
We have discussed this in some detail pre
viously, so will mention only a few of the more
significant facts.
It is a tax-free measure : in fact uu to now the
program has shown a profit to the state of sev
eral million dollars.
Only a small percentage of those declared
eligible by the constitution have obtained the
loans. To deny the others now would not be fair.
THE LOAN program serves as a stimulant to
the economy of the state, particularly in view
of the scarcity of mortgage money at present.
There is some opposition, but it is limited
to a few lending agencies which want all the
business themselves whether or not thev would
make loans to deserving veterans. It is a "dog
in the manger" type of opposition.
The only loans which are being made now
are those made possible by repayments of exist
ing loans a small fraction of the demand.'
We recommend a "yes" vote on Measure No.
13. -E.A. ( ' .
our own cherished beliefs.
today, in America, in the
are nothing but irrelevant
fears and doubts on the
; ':
except Catholics, or Jews,
memory of the men of
have died to keep alive
justice and decency.
Angehcan communion,
not- print letters to the
They feel that religion
18 on next month's elec
Dennis the Menace
lhA I CAN SMEtL' BREAKFAST
...Communications ...
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often tne case. .
Peripatetic Mark
To the Editor: With less
than half of . his term com
pleted, Governor-Mark "Zero"
Hatfield has rolled up a total
of more then 113 days sway
from his state. While his sec
retary advises that "only" 40
of these days were spent on
"political business," this con
stitutes more than one-third
of the total time. I am just a
bit hazy as to what might be
termed political and what
would be called state's busi
ness.
As a citizen and a taxpayer,
I protest being forced to pay
nbt only the salary to him
while he is away, but the
salary of the acting governor
as well. So far, these jaunts,
(both political and non-politi
cal) have cost us nearly $5,000.
This is more than a year's
salary for a majority of state
employees. Certainly this is
not in line with the "econ
omy" he and his appointed
secretary of state are "Howel
ling" about. i
This is an air time record
for' Oregon governors. May I
suggest , that he arrange to
spend a little more time at
home taking care of the job
he was elected to perform? I
know he is a very ambitious
young man, but I think it is
high time he weighs his per
sonal ambitions and his duty
to his state.
Stay at home a little more
governor. There are plenty
of chores around the house
to keep you out of "political
mischief." . This kind of ab
sence doesn't make this tax
payer's heart grow fonder.
R. A. Freeman .
4625 N.E. 118th Ave,
Portland, Ore.
Don't Wait for Paladin
To the Editor: I've Just been
wondering about our Sacred
Heart hospital and it's closure
and if people (all the people)
really realize what this will
mean.
Mrs. Rosa Young stated that
the same people that raised
the money for the Shake
spearean Theater could pos
sibly raise some money for
the hospital, but I wonder if
these people didn't raise that
money for a different purpose,
such as business reasons, the
tourist trade mostly.
And then again, I wonder If
there Isn t a person or persons
that have some Influence In
this town - and community
want the Sacred Heart hos
pital closed, and it would be
a fight against them to raise
the money.
Then again, I wonder if
these same people and all the
people in our community
realize that with just one hos
pital, what would happen if,
say for Instance, one Monday
or Tuesday morning when
surgery was well booked and
busy, there was a wreck which
involved such as a school bus
and there wasn't any way to
take care of some of the
seriously hurt children and as
a result they lost their lives.
So I m hoping and praying
that the people, all the people,
Lions Clubs, Kiwanis,
P.T.A.'s, Elks, etc., don't wait
till it's too late but do some
thing now. Don't wait for the
"Texan? or "Paladin" to ride
into town on his beautiful
horse and straighten the mess.
Let's do it ourselves.
Mrs. Isabell Lewis
1007 So. Holly st.
Medford
Not The Answer
To the Editor: I wonder if
Republicans such as the wom
an in Milwaukee, Wis., who
threw whiskey in Senator
Kennedy's face, and the glass
after the whiskey, and Re
publicans such as the "pillar"
of Eugene society, who stood
on a main street in downtown
Eugene the other night calling
my husband (as well as Jus
tice Douglas, the Coos Bay
IN mtV HOUSE eilT'
World, the Medford Mail Tri
bune and the New York
Times) "communist" and
"traitor," know . how little
they help the Republican
cause? , , .
They just succeed in show
ing that Republican sneers,
slander and insults do not con
stitute logical answers to the
great problems of our day.
Priscilla Porter
(Mrs. Charles O.)
2680 Baker st.
Eugene, Ore.
Too Old" -
To the Editor: I wish to
compliment you on your com
ment on Measure No. 9,
(compulsory retirement for
judges). However, I would
add one slight amendment.
What you said should take in
more territory. I . am con
vinced there are many people
in other lines than judicial
who have done much good
work after the calendar and
rules say, 'Quit'. Appended is
a little rime- (not poetry) writ
ten a couple of years ago.
Because You Are Too Old
What's that you say, I am too
old?
But I'm only forty five; I'm
healthy, skilled and strong.
"But forty is the limit now.
Our workmen must be
young."
And so the OLD mechanic
went his way and sought
how he might serve his
Lord,
And found It as a layman
may, by preaching' from
the Word.
Ere many years had passed
of labor ne'er for self,
The bishop said, "You're
sixty five, we must lay you
, on the shelf."
One day they carried the old
man out to where the lilies
fade and die;
He owned no palace on this
earth, but a mansion in the
sky.
And as the clods began to
fall they seemed to hear
him say,
"Thank heaven when I reach
the place where streets are
paved with gold,
"I shall not hear St. Peter
say, 'Depart, you are too
old.' "
L. G. Weaver
106 South Ivy st,
Medford.
The "Times" and Porter
To the Editor: The Times
paper of Rogue River, on
Congressman Porter, says he
does not answer letters.
I have 24 communications
from Congressman Porter,
showing that he does take
very much Interest in the af
fairs of his constituents. He
has obtained justice for me,
which the Bureau of Land
Management had denied me.
Just, to prove to the good
people of tliis district that The
Times ' is trying to mislead
them, these communications
will be available for them to
see at Larry Sheehan's cafe,
in Rogue River.
Congressman Porter is
also very much interested in
the veterans and willing to
help them, as he has stated in
his circular. I know veterans
he has helped, also loggers
that received prompt action
from Mr. Porter. Mr. Thayer
should bow his head in shame
for using such tactics in de
ceiving the people that give
a dime for The Times to help
him out. They should not be
misinformed. ,
Mr. Thayer is casting re
flections that the people of
Rogue River have lost their
God-given power of reason
ing, by expecting them to
swallow the things he said
about Mr. Porter. If Mr.
Thayer ever did have any
prestige, I think that the
article would cause him to
lose a bit of it. He should
Red China
In United
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor '.,
Red China is still a long
way from getting a seat in
the United Nations. Pandit
Nehru's pre
diction that
the Peiping
regime will
gain admis
mission the
next time the
issue comes
up is prema
ture. It is not
i-hil newsom likely that
the United Slates will soon
have to heed the advice of
Richard M. Nixon and Henry
Cabot Lodge and use its veto
to keep out the Chinese Com
munists. That is the considered opin
ion of UN experts and qual
ified diplomats at the world
headquarters. '
Close Vote Misleading
It is true that on Oct. 8
byXmlstmain" inlo
know that Mr. Porter's rec
ord speaks for itself, and that
he is a high type intellectual
fellow. It looks as though Mr
Porter's letter forced Thayer
to print it, in order to save
face, although he never
printed Mr. Porter's other
replies. . .
I hope in the future Mr.
Thayer keeps The Times free
from moral defilement, or he
should change the name of
the paper to , The Wind
jammer." I think Mr. Thayer
should call in a seer to chase
the evil spirits out of his
editing room. Mr. Thayer
claims there will be a doctor
in the house after Nov. 8. I
predict that there will be a
doctor hunting for office
space on Nov. 9.
Samuel L. Dickey .
Route 1, Box 271
' Rogue River, Ore.
Dr. Durno's Vote
To the Editor: I read in the
Communications column of
the Mail Tribune where the
only bill Dr. Durno intro
duced when he was in the
State Legislature was the one
to increase doctors' contribu
tions to the State Medical So
ciety from $10 to $15.
I'm wondering if the Medi
cal Society needed the extra
money to fight the Forand
Bill, which provides medical
care for elderly people
through Social Security.
I know the doctors fought it
tooth and toenail . and had
their employees do likewise.
Multiply $5 by all the doctors
in the State and if adds up to
lot of fighting.
If anyone has doubts as to
how Dr. Durno would vote, if
elected, I recommend the
article, in Redbook magazine,
entitled "How Free Is Your
Doctor?"
Are we going to fleet a
man to Congress wno will
represent us, or one organi
zation? Frank Christian
314 West Main st.
Talent, Ore.
Oppose No. 13
To the Editor: Oregon news
paper editors have been re
ferring to the "cluttered" No
vember ballot, with 15 state
measures confronting the vot
ers. The Committee to Protect
Oregon's Credit feels that
Measure 13, which would in
crease the bonding authority
of the Oregon Department of
Veterans' Affairs by some
$135,000,000, is part of the
"clutter", since a similar
measure was overwhelmingly
defeated by the voters in 1958.
Pressure by certain special
interest groups forced this
measure back on the ballot,
worded in a manner guaran
teed to confuse the issue and
appear to reduce bonding
powers, , while actually in
creasing them. The Depart
ment of Veterans' Affairs has
been blanketing the state with
news releases month after
month in support of its de
mand for additional funds.
Although a similar bid for
extra millions was soundly
defeated in 1958, the Depart
ment of Veterans' Affairs did
in fact receive almost as much
as it asked for through a
change of assessment ratio in
Multnomah county. An addi
tional $69,000,000 went for
veterans loans without the
approval of the voters. This
boosted the outstanding in
debtedness for veterans to
$150,000,000. Now thev want
still more-almost double the
above amount.
The veterans loan program
was established after World
War II as an emergency meas
ure to help veterans resettle
into civilian life. It has since
grown to the point where the
state is in the mortgage lend
ing business in a big way.
favoring a minority group.
uur committee is against
the continuing growth of the
Seen Still
Nations; Procedures
years-an edge of only eight
votes-the United States mo
tion to shelve any action on
whether the Assembly would
accept the China representa
tion issue for debate.
The experts are certain that
in such a debate many coun
tries which believe the issue
should be given a thorough
airing would vote against ac
tually seating the Peiping re
gime. It is also the prevailing
opinion that a simple major
ity of the assembly's 99 mem
bers would not be enough to
give the seat' to Red China.
Most experts hold that a two
thirds vote would be required.
It is not possible to state
a flat rule' on the majority
required. A prime axiom of
the United Nations is that
each of its major organs is
Information on Castro Lacking
In U.S. Prior To His Victory
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington - IUPD -That
fifth TV debate by the candi
dates, on the subject of Cuba's
Fidel Castro
and what to
do about him,
could be made
much more
inter e s t i n g
than it is like
ly to be.
It could be
more Interest
ing if the can-
......
exDlore the blackout area in
dicated dy tne ionuwuie
tlons:
Were U.S. Intelligence agen
cies aware during the tnree
years preceding his entry into
Havana that Castro was likely
to become an active Lommu-
nist fellow traveler?
Did nolicv-makine top offi
cials at the White House, State
Department and Pentagon
have full access to aU intelli
eenee information?
Did the Central Intelligence
Agency andor the FBI sub
mit reports in volume to me
appropriate departments and,
if so, who actually received
the reports and what happen
ed to them? -
Did Iks Have Facts?
The pay-off question could
be this:
When President Eisenhower
and Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles nuiCKiy ae-
cided the United States should
recoenize Castro's revolution
ary eovernment. did the
President and Dulles or either
of them possess all of the facts
In the case?
That is to say, did they pos
sess all tne iacis rcauuj
available in the intelligence
files of the U.S. government?
Vice President Richard iM.
Nixon is a top level member
of the Eisenhower administra
tion. He might know the an
swers to any or all of these
questions if they were asked.
Sen. John F. -Kennedy is
a member of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee. He
might also know some an
swers. If neither Nixon nor
Kennedy had any answers,
thev might agree that a search
should be made for them.
The foregoing questions ap
pear Jto have validity because
the .record on Castro's back
ground is becoming clearer
day by day.
The Senate internal security
subcommittee is in print this
week with a pamphlet on the
"Communist threat to the
United States through the
Caribbean." The pamphlet is
based on information from
anti-Castro Cubans and may
be regarded as strongly prej
udiced against the Cuban dic
tator.
Agents Knew Trend
The pamphlet is salted, how
ever, with the implication that
the intelligence agencies of
the U.S. government were
well aware of Castro's ide
program because the state
needs funds for other projects
of benefit to all citizens. The
college population is expand
ing each year, and educational
facilities are needed to assure
our youth the education these
times demand. Highways need
to be improved and new roads
to be built. Our forest con
servation program needs
funds to help guarantee a sus
tained timber harvest so es
sential to the economy of the
state. Yet more money is bor
rowed to finance loans for
veterans than for all other
state programs combined!
If borrowing for veterans
is increased, it is doubtful that
a ready market at feasible in
terest rates can be found for
Oregon bond issues to finance
educational facilities, high
ways or veterans loans.
Our committee recommends
a "Yes" vote on Measure 6,
which will provide needed ed- j
ucational facilities for the
young men and women of
Oregon; and "No" on the out
worn emergency 13.
Everett Mitchell,
Secretary '
Committee to Protect
Oregon's Credit
925 Terminal Sales Bldg.
Portland 5, Ore.
Far Away From Seat
master of its own procedure.
Therefore it is conceivable
that the Assembly could de
cide to determine the issue
by a simple majority. But
most authorities thought this
unlikely.
There is a different situa
tion In the Security Council.
Like the Assembly and the
other UN organs, it can de
cide for itself disputes con
cerning credentials of rival
governments-which is what
the China representation is
sue boils down to.
But council rules require
that any action by that body
must have seven affirmative
votes from the membership
of 11. It is unlikely, in view
of the council membership
for next year, or in the near
future, that seven votes could
logical communism well be
fore he took Havana on Jan.
1, 1959.
The word in Washington is
that intelligence reports on
Castro's Communist orienta
tion were submitted regularly
for the Information of admin
istration policymakers. The
word is not so clear on who
actually received the reports
In, for example, the State De-1
partment, nor whether Secre-'
tary Dulles did or did not
finally read them.
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
THE FIFTH DEBATE
AND CASTRO
So far I have not met any
one who heard the fourth
debate and is yearning to
have a fifth.
Mr. Kennedy,
how ever, is
pressing for a
fifth, and Mr,
Nixon, after
e x p 1 a ining
that he was
too busy, is
now in favor
of a fifth, pro
vided it is de
voted exclusively to the sub
ject of Castro.
Mr. Kennedy's main reason
for wanting another debate
is that this is the best way
he can meet some last minute
surprise, some last minute
"crisis which his opoononts
may bring off. Mr. Nixon s
reason is that he thinks he
has found in Cuba a good
talking point.
On the whole, it is better,
I would say, to have a filth
debate than not to have it
But to deyote its exclusively
to Castro would be preposter
ous. Castro is not all that im
portant. To set him up as the
main issue to decide who
should be President of the
United States is beneath the
dignity of this country.
TTAVING said this, I must
admit that I have not
liked Mr. Kennedy's making
so much of a campaign issue
of Cuba. Although he is right
in criticizing the support
which we gave to Batista, al
though he is sound in his crit
icism of our support of other
Latin American dictators and
of our general failure to sup
port and sympathize with the
progressive movements in Lat
in America, I ' do not think
he is right when he talks as
if there were anything effec
tive which this country can
now do to get rid of Castro.
The policy of the administra
tion since the fall of Batista
has been, so I believe, about
the best that was possible
given all the circumstances.
However, until, last week
Mr, Kennedy was on a sound
line when ' he attacked the
general policy of the admin
istration in its relations with
dictators, reactionaries, and
progressives in Latin Ameri
ca. Then he made a mistake,
which was to make it sound
as If he were promising sup
port to the Cuban enemies.
barring the Batista men, of
Lastro. , iliis was contrary to
the letter and the spirit of
our many treaties and pledges
made to our American neigh
bors. Mr. Kennedy, who
would, I believe, make much
the better President, is not
infallible. He is human and
it is human to err.
TLMH. NIXON'S show of right
eous indignation is. how
ever, false and insincere. What
he is advocating is an "eco
nomic and political quaran
tine of Castro s Cuba.
This is false on' two counts.
In the first place what the
administration is doing in
Cuba is not, as administra
tion experts are at great pains
to explain, a political and eco
nomic quarantine. If it were,
I it would be a major violation
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be mustered to bring in Red
Chins.
No Veto Needed
Unless there are seven af.
firmative votes, the negative
vote of a big power is not
counted as a veto. Under this
rule, the United States has
maintained its clean record
of never having cast a veto.
Nationalist China is one of
the veto powers but a mem
ber cannot vote on an issue
involving itself.
The solution, the 'experts
agree, is the same now as it
was when the issue first came
up in 1949: There must be
a political agreement on what
China sits in the United Na
tions. And there is a question for
the great powers to settle,
meaning the United States and
the Soviet Union.
Candidates Nixon and Ken
nedy could start something, if
they would, which would
clarify all of that. It seems
important because another Cu
ba is likely in the Caribbean.
That would be the Dominican
Republic where Dictator Ra
fael Leon das Trujillo Molina
rules.
Trujillo is a baddie. Substi.
tuting another Castro for Tru.
jillo, however, would be no
triumph for U.S. foreign
policy nor for peace.
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of that very Inter-American
Treaty which Mr. Nixon
quotes against Mr. Kennedy.
Moreover, what Mr. Kenne
dy advocated looks towards
doing in Cuba what the ad
ministration, as all the world
knows, did do in Guatemala.
The only difference is that
Mr. Kennedy very unwisely
said what he would do about
Cuba in the future, whereas
the Eisenhower administration
has been boasting about what
it did do in the past in Guate
mala. -What this shows is that
neither side seems to have
learned the lesson, so flag
rantly illustrated in the U2
affair, that when a govern
ment goes into the political
black market it must keep
its mouth shut.
nPHE general doctrine, of
A which Mr. Kennedy's mis
take is sn application, is in the
old American tradition, which
was strongly enunciated by
Woodrow Wilson, that the
governments of our adversar
ies should be overthrown.
This was the doctrine which
the late John Foster Dulles
wrote into the Republican
platform of 1952.
As a policy, it has not work
ed and has had to be aban
doned. The worst thing about
it is that it misleads our
friends and subjects them to
dangers against which we are
powerless to protect them.
A tragic example of this
occurred on Nov. 4, 1956, dur
ing the Hungarian uprising
and the Russian invasion to
suppress it. There was an
emergency meeting of the Se
curity Council that day, and
Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge was
not only the American spokes
man put, because Mr. Dulles
had had to go to the hospital
for an operation, was the head
of the American delegation.
rTlHREE hours after the Rus
sian radio had announced
the military attack on the up
rising in Budapest, Mr. Lod-e
said to the Security Council,
"We can truly say to the Hun
garian people, 'By your heroic
sacrifice you have given the
United Nations a brief mo
ment in which to mobilize the
conscience of the world on
your behalf. We are seizing
that moment, and we will not
fail you.' "
This promise of help was
preceded by Mr. Lodge's say
ing, "If ever there was a time
when the action of the United
Nations could literally be a
matter of life and death for
whole nation, this is that
time . . . Shortly after mid
night I requested a Sunday
meeting of the Security Coun
cil to deal with this agony
of the Hungarian people. Five
minutes later the fact of this
request was broadcast by Ra
dio Budapest. That shows how
quickly what we say and do
here affects the people of
Hungary in their struggle."
We all know now that what
we did was nothing and that
the promise of help was not
fulfilled. It is a lesson in why
government must never
make promises which it can
not surely fulfill.
(c) 1960 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.